Willem de Zoete

Willem de Zoete, Heer Haultain (1565 – 26 September 1637, Sluis) was a Dutch admiral of the 17th century.

During the Eighty Years' War he directed Dutch fleets in various naval battles.

In 1606, he was defeated at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent by Spanish Admiral Luis Fajardo.

He led a Dutch fleet of 20 warships, supplied under the terms of the 1624 Franco-Dutch treaty, into the Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré against a Huguenot uprising.

His fleet would be removed from French service in February 1626 after a resolution of the States-General in December 1625.